Physician. Biotech investor. Author. Photographer.

Dr. Felicia Hsu is an entrepreneur and investor at BOLD Capital Partners who studied Biomedical Engineering at MIT before obtaining her M.D. at Harvard Medical School. She is working on her debut book, a narrative memoir of her journey as an Asian American physician fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the frontlines, and advocating for her father with his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Felicia is an adventure photographer who will carry the extra twenty pounds on hikes for the right camera equipment, dog lover of all breeds, and a long distance cyclist. Overly nostalgic, she can link every single song on her Spotify playlist to a specific memory.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. Biological Eng (GPA 5.0/5.0)
2011-2015

Harvard Medical School
M.D.
2015-2020

UCLA Internal Medicine
2020-2023

Work Experience

BOLD Capital Partners Investor
June 2021 - present

Investor at BOLD Capital Partners, a VC firm that invests in transformative technologies that uplift humanity. Source new early-stage ventures, and manage investment portfolios. Areas of focus include digital health, chronic disease, imaging diagnostics, and women's health.

PHD Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence
June 2021 - June 2022

Thought partner and medical strategist across the PHD Ventures portfolio. Author support for LIFE FORCE, a book co-written by Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins, released in February 2022. Advisory role for dozens of biotech startups.

Resident Physician, UCLA Internal Medicine
June 2020 - December 2021

Resident physician at UCLA Internal Medicine rotating through ICU, general medicine, and all specialties at Ronald Reagan Medical Center, West LA VA, Olive View Community Hospital, and Santa Monica Hospital. Researched effectiveness of COVID ambulatory monitoring program to prevent COVID readmission rates.

Harvard Medical School Clinical Researcher
January 2017 - June 2020
Reviewed 2000+ patients to determine etiology of falls presenting to ED (published). Reviewed 400 lung transplant patients to evaluate utility of pulmonary function tests in predicting transplant rejection (manuscript in progress).

ResQ IV Fluid Warmer Co-founder
Feb 2013 - Dec 2015

Invented a cost-effective, disposable, non-electrical IV fluid warmer for combat medics in the field. Led device design, experimentation, prototyping, and applications for military testing.

MIT Lab for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies Researcher
Sep 2012 - Jan 2015

Designed tumor-penetrating small RNA delivery vehicles for pancreatic cancer. Manuscript publication in Mol Cancer Therapeutics 2018.

MIT Medical Device Innovation Center Researcher
Jan - Jun 2015

Developed a safe, easy-to-use diagnostic device for melanoma skin cancer and phantom skin model. Publication in Journal of Med Devices 2016.

MIT Camera Culture Lab Researcher
Feb - July 2015

Designed a wearable, low-cost, portable anterior eye segment imaging device to replace traditional ophthalmologic slit lamps.

Creative Works

Books

Through a Cracked Lens: Memoir (under editor review)

Memoir of finding strength through an unprecedented year of battling the COVID pandemic on the frontlines as an Asian American, and fighting for my father's life against a terminal cancer diagnosis.

LIFEFORCE by Peter Diamandis & Tony Robbins (Feb 2022)

Investigates the breakthroughs (pre-clinical, clinical phase trials, and FDA approved) that are driving health, vitality and longevity in the decade ahead.

All the Way Home (Aug 2019)

Novel highlighting themes of the importance of emotional support structures on patients and medical professionals and the toll chronic illness takes on patients and their families. Available on Amazon.